Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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The play of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare demonstrates the tragedy that the deaths of Romeo and Juliet had brought upon. A quote, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions,” is crucial to this play as the influence of good-natured intentions had led to the tragic fate of both Romeo and Juliet. The passage “some shall be pardon'd and some punished” discusses the indirect roles of Romeo and Juliet's parents, Friar Lawrence and the Nurse for the impact of the tragedy. Though a lead-up of crucial events had left the two lovers without a life, there is no direct blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

The first indirect influence of Romeo and Juliet's death was the fatal feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Though it is uncertain when and why the feud had begun, it was true that the feud had existed through to the last scenes of Act V, Scene III, where the feud had been destroyed by the tragic losses of both their children. The feud had brought the theme of forbidden love as it had made both the children
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She had known of Romeo and Juliet's abrupt marriage and her plans to elope and escape Paris' hold. The only flaw within the Nurse's character was her attitude to marry Paris, even though she had intelligence of her love for Romeo. The nurse was quite open with her opinion at the start of the play, “Seek happy nights to your happy days,”—I, III, 107, but had changed her attitude to concede with her parents’ wishes. The nurse had approached Romeo beforehand and asked him to meet Juliet to marry him in the church. Towards the end, the nurse, in fear of Juliet's father's irritation towards Juliet, she had eased her like towards Paris as no one had known of their relationship. The nurse should be pardoned as she had changed her attitude to spare Juliet from the consequences of not attending the marriage of Paris and had acted with a kind heart without any knowledge of Juliet's